There is no difference between "河" and "川"

He: Original meaning: Yellow River. Now it means a general name for rivers.

Chuan: Pictograph. The oracle bone script has banks on the left and right and flowing water in the middle, just like a river. Original meaning: river. Now it also means river.

3 and He themselves are different in the speed of the water flow. Generally, the speed of the river is slower, while the speed of the river is faster, and there will be some drops in the places where it passes, so waterfalls or faster waters will be formed.

You can distinguish them by size. The natural smaller one is called "川".

He refers to something bigger, you can imagine the Chinese river.

Artificial rivers are also generally called "河".

But before the Qin and Han Dynasties, rivers were called "chuan" or "shui" (but there are exceptions, such as "Shan Hai Jing" says: "Kunlun Mountain is ten thousand miles long and wide, ten thousand miles high, fifty thousand miles away from Hao Mountain, with Qinghe, Baihe, Chihe and Heihe surrounding it."

"He" usually refers to a large natural or artificial waterway, but before the Qin and Han Dynasties, it was basically a special name for the Yellow River.

The difference between streams, rivers, rivers and rivers is defined by the flow of the water. Compared with the four, they are Small, medium, large, and even larger.

Shuixi is commonly known as a creek, with low water flow and large numbers. People are more common and can be seen in front of and behind houses and in the fields.

Chuan is formed by the confluence of countless streams. Compared with streams, it is much larger and can accommodate ordinary wooden boats and bamboo rafts.

Rivers are formed by the confluence of many streams or several small streams, with large flow and rapid water flow.

Finally, there are rivers, which have large flow and flow through a wide area, and the water is fierce and surging. China's Yellow River and Yangtze River are both large rivers.